Hasp-fastener.



PAT'ENTED NOV. 27, 1906.

A. B. HAG'KMAN. HASP FASTENBR. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11.1906.

- UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

AARON B. HAOKMAN, OF STERLING, ILLINOIS.

HA'HSP-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 27, 1906.

Application filed June 11,1906. Serial No. 321,283.

To all 'LUhOTI Z/ it may concern:

Be it known that I, AARON B. HACKMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sterling, in the county of VVhiteside and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Hasp-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to an improved locking device which is especially deing device of this character which can be signed for use in connection with swinging closures, the object being to provide a lock.-

. used either as a spring-catch or when a pad that it will comprise few and simple parts,

lock is applied thereto to prevent tampering by unauthorized parties. I

A further object is to so design the lock which can be readily stamped from sheet material and which will therefore enable the lock to be manufactured at a comparatively small cost. I

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the invention applied to an end-gate, portions of the end-gate being broken away. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view showing the device in a locked position, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the locking device in an open position Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all theviews of the drawings by the same reference characters.

While the invention is shown as. employed in connection with an end-gate, it must beunderstood that with slight modifications easily within the realm of the skilled mechanic it might be employed in any capacity where it is desired to hold two swinging members together. The end-gate shown comprises two hinged sections 1 and 2, section 1 being provided with the extension 3, which normally fits against the section 2. The base of the locking device is in the nature of a plate 4, which is shown as secured to the section 2 of the end-gate by means of the fastening member 5. A leaf 6 is hinged to one edge of the plate 4 and has a hooked formation which enables it to engage with the extension 3 in such a manner as to hold the same securely against the section 2 of the end-gate. In the present instance the hooked formation is provided by a laterally-extending flange 7, located at the end of the leaf 6 and adapted to project over the extension 3. A locking member 8 is hinged to the opposite edge of the plate 4 and is adapted to be are formed, and toward the end of the s pringtongue there is located anopening 11 for engagement with any conventional type of padlock, such as indicated at '12. The swinging end of the locking-plate 8 is formed with a double bifurcation, the outer bifurcated portion 13 being adapted to embrace the tongue 9 and bear against the leaf 6, while the inner bifurcated portion 14 is adapted to engage with the notches 10 in the tongue 9, so as to hold the locking-plate normally against the leaf 6. 1, i-

. When it is desiredto fold the leaf 6 back against the plate 4, so as to disengage the flange 7. from ;the extension 3, the springtongue 9 is first pressed inwardly against the leaf 6 until the notches 10 are drawn out of engagement with the inner bifurcated portion 14 of the locking-plate, and the latter is then swung backwardly away from the leaf 6. The extremity of the spring-tongue 9 is bent inwardly toward the leaf 6, and a notch or depression 15 is preferably formed at the junction of the said leaf and the lateral flange 7. This notch serves to engage with the shackle of the padlock 12 and tends to hold the same against lateral movement. Under some conditions it may be found desirable to secure a plate such as shown at 16 upon the swinging member, the ends of the plate being bent outwardly to form the flanges 17, which fit against the opposite ends of the lateral flange 7 upon the leaf 6 and prevent any lateral movement of the same.

Attention is directed to the fact that when the locking-plate 8 isin engagement-with the spring-tongue 9 the fastening member 5, by means of which the plate 4 is secured in position, is completely covered, so as to prevent the body of the look from being removed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. A locking device of the character described, comprising a base-plate, a leaf hinged to one side of the base-plate and embodying means for engaging with a swinging member, a locking member hinged to the opposite side of the base-plate and adapted to be swung into engagement with the above-mentioned hinged leaf to holdthe same in operative position, and means for holding the locking member in engagement with the leaf.

2. A locking device of the character described comprising a base-plate, a leaf hinged to one side of the'base-plate and having a hookedformation', a locking member hinged to the opposite side of the base-plate and adapted to engage with the before-mentioned leaf to hold the same in operative position, and means for holding the locking member in engagement with the leaf.

3. In'a device of the character described, the combination of a base-plate, a leaf hinged to the base-plate and having a hooked formation, a spring-tongue having a hinged connection with thebaselate and extending along the leaf, and a 100 ring member hinged to the base-plate and adaptedto be swung into engagement with the before-mentioned leaf in order to hold the same-in operative position, the said-locking member engaging with the spring-tongue and being thereby held in engagement with the "leaf.

4. A locking device of the character described comprising a baseplate,a leaf hinged to one side of the base-plate and having a laterally-extending flange at the swinging end thereof, a spring-tongue formed in connectionwith the leaf and extending outwardly along the same, and a locking member hinged to the base-plate and adapted to be swung into engagement with the leaf in order to prevent the same from being folded against the base-plate, the said lockingmember engaging'with the spring-tongue and thereby beipg normally heldiin engagement with the lea 5. A locking device of the character described comprising a base plate, a leaf hinged to the base-plate and having a hooked forma tion, a tongue having a hinged connection to the baseplate and extending outwardly along the leaf, the said tongue having an opening therein, a locking member hinged to the base-plate and adapted to be swung into engagement with the leaf to prevent the latter from being folded against the baseplate, and a lock passing through the eye in the tongue and holding the'locking member in engagement with the leaf.

6. A locking device of the character described comprising a base-plate, a leaf hinged to the base-plate and having a hooked formation, a tongue having a hinged connection to the base and extending outwardly along the leaf, the said tongue being provided with notches, and a locking-plate hinged to the base-plate and adapted to be swunginto engagement with the leaf in order to. prevent the same from being folded against the baseplate, the said locking-plate being adapted to engage with the before-mejntionednotchesin the tongue and be thus held against the leaf.

7. A locking device of the'character described comprising a base-plate, a leaf hinged to the base-plate and having a hooked formation, a tongue having a hinged connection with the base-plate and proj ecting outwardly beyond the leaf, the said tongue being r0- vided upon its opposite sides with note es, and a locking-plate hinged'to the base-plate and beingprovided at its swinging end with a double bifurcation, the outer bifurcated portionbeing adapted to embrace the tongue and engage with the leaf, while the inner bifurcated portionis'adapted to engage with the before-mentioned notches in the tongue, whereby the locking-plate is normally held in engagement with the leaf.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in'presence oftwowitnesses.

AARON B. HACKMAN.

Witnesses:

, J. S. MARTIN,

J. F. HESSLING. 

